161 - Jake Faun (David Lee Roth, Winger, and More)

No Guitar Is Safe

Jude Gold

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4.8 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

From high-profile tours with DAVID LEE ROTH and WINGER to studio dates with platinum pop acts such as SELENA GOMEZ and DNCE, U.K.-bred guitarist JAKE FAUN is already in high demand -- and he only arrived in Los Angeles about four years ago! On this episode, Jake plugs in various guitars, jams with host JUDE GOLD, and demonstrates the approaches that have helped him forge his style. He also dives deep into the chicken pickin’ techniques that power his popular “Fast Country Guitar” series of YouTube videos. This episode is presented by GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE. Speaking of GUITAR PLAYER magazine, on this episode, we also pay tribute to the great GP music writer JESSE GRESS, who died this week at age 67.

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0:00.0	New guitar is safe.
0:07.0	Alright, get ready, we are about to plug in with a great young guitar player.
0:19.0	He's already played arenas on a big tour with David Lee Rock, Dream gig, hello, and he's also
0:26.2	rocked out with Winger, some great moments that we're going to get into there.
0:31.3	He's even done guitar tracks for pop stars such as Selena Gomez and DNCE, and hey, if you're
0:37.3	in LA, you might be lucky enough to
0:38.8	catch him playing around town with his better half the great singer Adi Argelazi
0:43.8	we're talking about Jake Fawn and as much as he is a rocker he also likes to play other styles. Today's show was made possible by Guitar Player magazine and Guitar Player.com.
1:16.7	Guitar player, play better, sound better.
1:20.2	And you know what, as we listen to more music from Jake Fawn, I just got to take a moment here.
1:24.9	First things first.
1:26.8	Mad shout out to Jesse Gress, who he lost just two days ago to a
1:34.3	long-term lung condition. Would have loved to have him on this show. Jesse was a fantastic music editor and a great guitar player.
1:42.3	He played guitar for Todd Rundgren for I think 30 years. I know I saw
1:46.8	him with him a couple times in the early 2000s and he was phenomenal, but mostly he was a mentor to me
1:52.5	because when I first started at Guitar Player magazine back in 2001, he helped me out a lot and
1:58.0	showed me a lot of stuff about music notation and just guitar in general.
2:02.7	Really sad that he's gone.
2:04.0	I'm still kind of in shock.
2:05.1	Just found out today.
2:06.9	But hey, 2023 is just the gift that keeps on giving.
2:14.3	I'm being sarcastic because, you know, of course we lost Jeff Beck,
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